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(Application filed. Aug. 27, 1897.)

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SHOE-PQLISHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Fate zit No. 612,438, datedOctober 18, 1898'. Application filed August 2'7, 1897. Serial No.649,771. (No model.)

1'0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEO RGEJV. RUSSELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, (Brooklyn) in the county of Kings and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inShoe-Polishers, of which the followingis a full and completespecification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same. i

This invention relates to a shoe-polisher, and more particularly toaclass thereof which are designed to be used to polish the shoe after ithas received its first gloss.

The object of the invention is to provide a polisher which will besufflciently flexible to accommodate itself to the surface of the shoe,which will impart a high polish thereto, and which will be soconstructed as to permit of a ready removal of the polishing-surface andthe substitution of a clean oneinstead, a further object being toprovide a polisher which will be inexpensive in construction and whichwill occupy so little space as to permit of its being packed with a pairof shoes in the ordinary box.

The invention consists of the novel features of construction hereinafterset forth and described, and more particularly referred to in the claimshereto appended.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of myimprovedpolisher; Fig. 2, a plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is an end view, and Fig. 4a view designed to show the position taken by the various parts tofacilitate packing.

Like letters refer to like parts throughout the several views.

111 the drawin gs,A denotes a skeleton frame, preferably composed ofspring metal and consisting of substantially parallel handle-bars a tawhich are flared at their outer ends, as

at 1) b and continue at an angle to form vertical supports d d forcylindricalcrossbars f f These cylindrical rods f f are preferably madeintegral with the rest of the frame A and so polished as to facilitatethe rotation of an endless band 9, composed of cantonflannel or othersuitable material, which is detachably placed on these rods.

The endless band 9 is placed upon the skeleton frame by slipping thesame over one of the handles a and guided to-the cylindrical rods ff bymeans of one pair of the supports (1 d Taking the position shown in Fig.4:, it will be readily observed that the band will readily assume itsposition on the cylinders, around which it is adapted to rotate, and maybe readily detached in the same manner for the substitution of a cleanband.

The operation of my improved polislier is as follows: The endless band 9having been placed in the proper position, the lower exposed surface maybe nsed for polishing the shoe until the accumulation of blacking anddirt thereon renders it advisable to change the same. To accomplishthis, it is merely necessary to rotate the endless band, presenting theupper exposed surface of the same on the plane formerly occupied by thesurface use.

It will be readily observed that the readiness with which the exposedsurfaces of the endless band may be substituted one for the other maymake it convenient for the user to preserve one side for use on russetshoes, while the other side may be used only on the ordinary black shoe.

The slight tension on the supports (1 (1 gives to the endless band g,which is ordinarily subjected to a constant strain by this tension,flexibility which will render it capable of accommodating itself tothesurface of the shoe, thus imparting a superior gloss thereto withoutdanger of scratching or marring the shine.

If it is desired to pack one of my improved polishers in the ordinaryshoe-box with a pair of shoes, it would be merely necessary to slip theflexible band upon one of the pair of supports d 02 and place the shoein the opening thus left between the handles and the space formerlyoccupied by said band.

The invention hereinbefore disclosed may be varied in minor details ofconstruction Without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, I

Patent 1. In a shoeolisher, a polishing-band of the band which it isdesired to no longer claim as new and desire to secure by Letters and asupport therefor comprising a skeleton frame open at the topsubstantially as described.

2. In a shoe-polisher, a support, comprising a skeleton frameconstructed of two substantially parallel handle-bars, vertical supportstherefor, cross-bars connecting said supports and a flexiblepolishing-band carried by said cross-bars, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth. 7

3. In ashoe-polisher, a skeleton frame comprising substantially parallelhandle bars,

vertical supports therefor, cylindrical cross- GEORGE W. RUSSELL.

lVitnesses C. GERST, M. A. KNOWLES.

